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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11
FOREIGN.

BY an explosion of tire-damp in a col
liery at Onaregnon in Germany Saturday
40 miners were buried alive.
Right Hon. Arthur j. Balfour has
been appointed secretary for Ireland, vice
Sir. Michael IIicks-Beach, resigned.
In consequence of the panic caused by
the recent earthquakes at Nice hotel
keepers are selling out at a great sacrifice.
Many of the inhabitants are still camp
ing out.
\ snow-slide in the Selkirk range of
the Rocky mountains last Thursday struck
a snow-plow train, carrying it down an
immense gorge and completely burying
it. When dug out seven hours after
ward, Superintendent William Green and
six men, all employees, were found
smothered to death. Two of the men
were named Ryan and Spark The Off
GERS of the Canadian Pacific railroad re-
fuse particulars and are making special
efforts to keep the accident quiet.
The prevailing impression at Ottawa,
Ont, is said to be that Blaine, who is
looked upon there as the cleverest man
in the Republican party, is at the bottom
of the retaliatory measure, although his
hand is scarcely visible. 1t is thought
there that the retaiatory bill is nothing
more or less than Republican dodge
which has been proposed to Congress for
the express purpose of bringing Pesident
Cleveland and his cabinet into bad Odor
with the inhabitants of the Eastern States
in the event of any failure to carry out
the intention of the bill.
\ sensation has been caused at Liner
ick, Ire, by the preparation of very eX-
tensive incendiarism on recent night in
the country surrounding the city. a
large number of houses occupied by
tenants. and the hay and out-buildings
belonging to each were destroyed. As
the victims were in all cases persons who
had paid their rents the Outrages are set
down as political and great excitement
prevails. The aggregate of property de-
stroyed is very large. 1t is ascertained
that the fires were caused by armed in
who escaped.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11

ply, one of the passengers injured in the
late acciuent on the Central Vermont
railroad.
Rev. W. ii. Stewart, senior chaplain of
the navy, who has been supplying Bap-
fists pulpits in the State for several years,
has been ordered on duty in the North
Atlantic squadron on Rear-Admiral
Luce's flagship.
Abraham Stearns of Woodstock left
$1,000 to st. James church, the income
to go to the support of preaching, and
$500 to the paroehial fund of the diocese
of Vermont, the income thereof to be
used for missionary purposes.
A State Holiness association has been
organized with the following officers !:
President, Rev. f. Folsom, Fairfax; vice
president, Rev. a. B. Riggs, Underhill /;
secretary and treasurer, Rev. l.. f. lay
lor, Corinth; executive committee, the
above with Rev. j. +. Knapp of Chelsea
and Rev. II. f. Reynolds of Topsham.
Joe Cameu. machinist from West
Farnham, Que, on his way home to
Lyndonville. fell under Il train at New
port Saturday night about II o'clock.
He attempted to Jump on the Montreal
express while it was in motion, and the
entire train ran over him. He was taken
home on the late train, and died on the
way.
a meeting was held at st. Adams Fri
day night for the purpose of organizing
a league made up of the baseball clubs
in Vermont and possibly a portion of
New York State. Representatives from
Rutland, Burlington, and st. AL
bans we're present. After com
plete organization of the Burlington as
ISOLATION another meeting will be held
for the formation of league.
The West Rutland marble companies
have answered the request of their en-
ployes for increased wages, telling them
that the state of business made it impos-
Slble Tor them to grant it. Many OF the
shipments of the larger companies dur
ing the winter have been to their own
yards for future trade. 1t is stated that
the payroll alone of some of the compa-
MES is twice as large as their present total
actual sales and shipments. The men
are thought to be generally satisfied by
L.,
foremen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11
DoMEaIc.

The resolution to submit to the people
a constitutional amendment providing for
woman suffrage was oncurred in by the
House of Rhode ISLAM Friday by vote
of so to Z.
A slight earthquaketremor was felt at
Charleston, 5. c., at $50 o'clock Friday
morning, and also at Smmerville, Oakley,
Midway and at otkr points in lower
Carolina.
Nina Van Zandt, oe proxy wife of
Anarchist Spies at Ch,ago, has let out to
museum a wax tiguf of herself. Part
of this museums receipts will go into the
anarchist fund.
The arrangements of the Canadian
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11
General olems.
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.

Mrs. Jane Washington Thornton Beck.
wife of Senator Beck, died in Washington
Friday evening of Inflammation of the
bowels.
The Senate in secret session Friday
morning confirmed the nomination of
James NJ. Trotter to be recorder of deeds
for the district of Columbia.
1t is said that the President has decided
on William II. Morrison of Illinois, Gen.
Bragg of Alabama and Judge Cooley
of Michigan as members of the interstate
commerce commission.
1t does not seem to be altogether i'm
probable that an extra session of Con-
gress will be called on account of the EN-
barrassments likely to result from the
failure of the general deficiency bill.
The President is endeavoring to ascertain
the effect of the failure of this measure to
become a law.
Officials of the navy department say
that the failure of the general deficiency
bill will seriously embarrass work on the
three cruisers, Atlanta, Boston and Chi
cagO. The bill as agreed upon in con-
ference appropriated S247 900 for COM
pleting these vessels. The bureau of
construction and repair has not dollar
on hand.
The 10th Congress was in session 10
months and 26 days and beat the record
in the amount of business done. In the
Senate there were introduced 1857 bills
and lis joint resolutions, on which 1888
written reports were made, being upward
of 800 more bills and over 400 more re-
ports than in the Ash Congress. The
total number of laws enacted was zap
proXimately) l43l, of which 1893 originat-
ed in the House and :3S in the Senate
OF these 2Gl became laws by the expira-
ton of the constitutional l0-days' limita-
ton. 80 bills failed to become laws owing
to the adjournment of Congress, nine of
them at the close of tie first session. The
President vetoed 1872 lills-39 Senate and
% House-or 81 more nan had been veto
ed from the foundation Of the govern
ment down to the beginning of this Con-
gress. The President also "pocketed"
and so killed 80 bills. OF the bills which
passed the Senate, 320 became laws, in
Guiding ll5 of a public and 205 of strictly
private nature. AbMt $50 bills and
joint resolutions originated in the House
failed of action in the Senate and $50 Sen
ate bills failed in the louise. The death
roll of this Congress ears ID names, an
unprecedent:d numbG. This includes
! Vice-Presdent Hendricks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11
WHITING.


Lemuel Fuller has taken Ed. Need
hams farm for the coming year.
They say it is boy baby this time at
Milton Goodrich's and that it weighed
l3 - lbs.
\. A.Pond took fine lot of veal calves
% market this week leaving their mothers
BIT home to prevent their being quaran-
ined
Miss Clara Briggs has gone to Rutland
% make short visit before returning to
Ter home at Rochester, on the east side
bf the mountain.
Edward Mayo has been home making
bis father, mother and friends short
isit. He is located in New York city
his winter.
The train on the Addison road was a
little late Monday morning by reason of
he snow-storm and blow on Sunday and
sunday night.
Mrs. Hannah Wooster died and was
uried last week. Mrs. Richmond and
Irs. Hayward, daughters of Mrs. Woos-
err. were with her in her last sickness.
From Another Correspondent
Some real estate has changed hands
his winter. j. Sharkey has sold his farm
B his brother and he has purchased the
lace known as the Merwin Baldwin
lace. A few sheep are also occasional
sold to western parties.
The storm of snow and wind, Feb. 2G,
as the hardest of the winter, blocking
he roads and causing travel to be sus-
ended for two or three days; and now
mother storm of snow and wind for
pine twenty hours duration last Sunday
luses that oldest inhabitant to make the
emark that he or she never saw such
inter.
At town meeting the town voted IL per
int on the grand list to defray the eX-
pnses of the town for the coming year.
The absenc eof Geo. Walker from town
be day and night of the Goth ult. was
cause Oh not Il lllllt dHAltlN NltI
mily, and the tramping of two or three
en- all night in the hardest storm of this
inter, whilst he, unconscious of it
|, was being Hospitality entertained by
r. Delano of Shoreham near the depot.
e had been over the lake during the
by and on returning was obliged to stop
acause of the storm.
The Baptist society held series of
Fligious meetings in their church the
st week of February and intended to
bntinue them week longer, and would
nd it not been for the bad state of the
pads. The meetings were conducted by
heir pastor, Rev. Mr.. Shirk, and were
ell attended and much interest was
anifested. The church at their
onthly meeting last Saturday accepted
Is letter of dismissal from his church in
linois. The members feel somewhat
ore encouraged in the hope that he
ay remain with them the remainder Of
e year and perhaps longer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!
e5 CENTS PER POUND FOR BUTTER.

HERD 800 JERSEYS INCLUDING
Of Of
65 per- in
METHODS.
WEST RANDOLPH, VT, June 3. 1891.
Cabinet
good mkng
'IIazen's
milk,
unaed quality The the mkng
the weighing A II lb small made lbs
Alp unated butter This
the Cooley is a satisfactory
MOUITON BROS.
QUALITY ESPECIALLY
WEST RANDOLPH, VT, Feb 26, 1887.
- dairy
and in of butter We
think it good enough Yours truly,
MOUITON BROS.
80 CENTS ST. ALBANs BUTTER.
Also this j.
DAIRY of
HILL FARM DAIRY, Albans VT
We Cooley with
suits possible all making the best quality and grade
butter day in the
butter is selling CENTS the New
York market The skinned milk is the best quality feed calves
1886. MRS. j. A. SWEET
milk
gathering factories Send for illustrated circulars.
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11

An Allegheny (Pa.) policeman emp
tied his revolver at two negroes whom he
wanted to arrest on suspicion, and a
white man becoming alarmed started to
run when the policeman fired at him too,
but without effect.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11

HERD 800 JERSEYS INCLUDING CALVES.
1900 Pounds Butter per reek in lpry-o which
Is per ID. in Netc York.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
Superseding the Horse.

In the German army the experiment
is being tried of mounting the aides
and messengers, as well as some mem
beers of the staff, upon bicycles and tri-
cycles. The roads and fields on the
continent are in such excellent condi-
ton that these wheeled vehicles can be
easily used. AS is well known bicy-
Gle can, in time, run down the swiftcst
horse, and then it is cheap to keep. OF
course, horses would have to be used
for dragging heavy artillery and for
cavalry purposes. Horsemen can no
longer be used for charging upon lines
of infantry. The magazine rifle has
put an end to all such exploits. But
for raids, tearing down telegraph poles,
cutting off detachments. regiment of
wheelmen might be quite as useful as
a troop of horse.-Demoresc Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
American Libraries.

There are in the United States 5, 338
libraries, each with 800 volumes o.
over. Of these. 1881 have each 1000
volumes OF over. Forty-seven have
each over $4,000 volumes, and among
the forty-seven are the public libraries
of Boston. Chicago and Cincinnati, and
the libraries of Harvard. Columbia,
Yale, Cornell and Brown Universities.
These forty-seven libraries aggregate
5,026, 472 volumes, and the whole list
of 1888 libraries aggregates 20, 622, o76
volumes, OF one volume to every three
persons in the country. Inround nun,
bers the United States has one library
to every 10000 of population.-M T.
Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
IF.

If he had known that when her proud fair face
Turned from him calm and slow,
Beneath its cold indifference had place
A passionate, deep woei
If he had known that when her hand lay still,
Pulseless so near his own.
1t was because pains bitter. bitter chill
Changed her to very stone;
II he had known that she had borne so much
For sake of the sweet past,
That mere despair said: This cold look and
touch
! Must be the cruel last;'
If he had known her eyes so cold and bright
Watching the sunsets red,
Held back within their deeps of purple light
A storm Of tears unshed;
IF he had known the keenly barbed jest
With such hard lightness thrown
Cut through the hot proud heart within her
r. breasti
Before it pierced his own:
II she had known that when her calm glance
swept
Him as She passed him by
His blood was fire. his pulses madly leaped
Beneath her careless eye
1f she had known that when he touched her
hand
And felt it still and cold
There closed round his wrung heart the iron
band
OF misery untold;
If she had known that when her laughter rang
In scorn Of sweet past days
His very soul shook with deadly pang
Before her light dispraise;
II she had known that every poisoned DART
II she had understood
That each sunk to the depths of his mans
heart
And drew the burning blood;
If she had known that when in the wide west
The sun sank gold and red
He whispered bitterly: '"Tis like the rest;
The warmth and light have fed"
If she had known the longing and the pain,
II she had only guessed
One loo5<-one woodland she perhaps had lain
Silent upon his breast;
If she had known how oft when their eyes met
And his so fercely shone,
But for mans shame and pride they had been
wet
All! if she had but known:
If they had known the ties lost love must
CROSS
The wastes of unlit lands
If they had known what seas OF salt tears toss
Between the barren strands;
If they had known how lost love prays for
; death
And makes low, ceaseless moan,
Yet never fails his sad, sweet, wearying
breath
All! if they had but known.
Frances R0dgsOH Burnett In Century.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
CLIMBING GOLD POPO."
The Difficulties and Fascinations
Attending the Ascent.
A Lonely Night Beyond the Snow Line
A Retreat and q '.Return to tho
Charge"-The Great Sulphur
Mines.

The first object that meets the trav-
eler's eye as he enters the Mexican
valley and the last that he sees az he
departs is the glittering, snow-capped
cone of Popocatepetl-the smoking
mountaineering abruptly from the
valley in which the capital is situated
TO an altitude of eighteen thousand feet
above the sea. At it's side towers an
other peak, Ixtaccihuatl, two thousand
feet lower, and yet covered with a per-
petual sheet of snow. These two great
mountains form the natural barrier on
the southeast side of the valley. AL
though volcano, Popocatepetl has
been dormant for such a great period
that many of the Indians declare that
it has never been active, but has al
ways been in its present condition.
Certainly from the City of Mexico it
seems impossible that such a cold, ice
capped mountain could ever have
belched forth fire and streams of lava
which extended for miles in every
direction.
After having watched cold Popo"
day after day for nearly n week, my
desire to reach the summit became so
great that 1 determined to undertake
the trip.
1t is fifteen miles from the town to
the ranch where the night is usually
passed by those ascending the. mount
ain. l had lost so much time in
Amecameca that the afternoon was
.hdf gone before I was ready to COM
mence, but it was far better to start at
that time than to stay over night in the
town. Fifteen miles over good road
is not bad days tramp, but to COM
mence late in the afternoon, and walk
over a narrow, crooked, dusty path is
quite a different thing. Slowly wind
ing my way through fields and lovely
valleys 1 found myself at the end of
two hours. at the verge of the great
pine forest which seems to form an i'm
mense girdle around the volcano. The
air was filled with resinous odors, while
birds were fitting from one tree to an
other. The path became sleeper and
sleeper, so that it was impossible
to walk longer than FIVE or ten
minutes at time without being
obliged to stop and rest. The sun sunk
lower and lower, showing that night
was fast approaching, and yet there
seemed to be miles and miles of forests
which would have to be trayersed be-
fore shelter could be found. During
the afternoon passed number of small
wooden crosses placed on either side of
the path to mark the place where IN
fortunate travellers have been way
laid by brigands, robbed and then
murdered. The crosses occurred so
often, and some of them appeared to be
so new, that 1 did my utmost to get
beyond the place before dark. The
authorities say that most of the
brigands have been killed or driven
away during the past year or two, and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
STREET-cAR HORSES.
Their Days Of Usefulness in Cities LImited
to Four or Five Years.

to Four or Five Years.
Few people stop to think under how
severe strain the horses that draw
our street-cars labor. They are gen.
orally driven at brisk trot, and the
frequent stops are too brief to afford
them any rest. In fact, the oftener a
horse with heavy load stops simply to
start again the worse off he is.
"a good horse will last in this bust
ness four or five years." said Broad
way car-driver the other day. I'm
usually good ones may stand it longer.
but they are much more apt to give
out in a shorter time. Sometimes they
go all to pieces in two or three months.
That gray horse there has been work
ing to the cars for three years. and he
seems just as good as ever. A match
to him, bought at the same time, didn't
last two months"
''How do they usually become af-
fected?" was asked.
Every often the fore-feet give out
Sometimes the shoulders become dis
eased. Of course You know that a
horse strikes his fore-feet much harder
than he does his hind ones. So when
he is driven at lively gait, with little
time to rest, these hard stones wear
the fore-feet to the quick or cause a
tenderness in the shoulders. If the
shoulders 60 lame first we drive the
horse awhile at night, when the people
don't see him limp. When he gets too
bad he is sold. If his feet go, the
company gets rid of him as soon as
possible.
"a great many horses seriously in
jure themselves by slipping and falling
in the winter. Sometimes these have
to be killed. Collie takes off a great
many. The deaths of a very large ma
jority of street-car horses may be
traced to the accidents and necessities
of the service. They must be driven
pretty fast or people wouldn't ride.
So the weak ones soon fall victims, and
long enough to be sold to some farmer,
and go to the country to end their days
in comparative peace"
Then that's where the broke1-lown
horses go, is it?''
Eyes. Many horses that are useless
on our paved streets do very we'll on
a farm. Their sore feet and shoulders
improve very much when they are
driven over soft ground.
Hundreds of horses are sold to
farmers every year by the street car
companies. They are nursed and doc
tored up by their rural purchasers I'M
til they become very respectable look
ing animals again. Thus the farmers
get much work out of horses that
couldn't earn their oats here, and they
buy them cheap, too. 1 have heard
that some of these countrymen make a
business of buying up broken-down
street-car horses, doctoring them, and
reselling them to other companies
at a high price. Of course it is only
short time before n doctored horse is
again worthless here, and then the
farmer comes around and buys him
back at his own price. This is kept up
as long as the poor beast can be made
to put on a respectable appearance.
There re some queer doings in this
world of ours" said the driver, as he
whipped up the poor beasts SO as to
get to the city hall on schedule time
N. Y. Commercial advertiser.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02

beloved, dost know the news9
Dost realize that my finty-hearted
father has purchased Iierce and blood
thirsty dog? And that this dog is even
now prowling about the house and may
appear at our t.:ysting-place at any mo
ment? But thou dost love me, dost thou
not. dearest? await thy answer" But
he had already busted. Pittsburgh Bu5
[etiu. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
A PECULIAR CASE.
How an Apparently Dull Witness BeW1I-
dered an Austin Judge.

How an Apparently Dull Witness Bew1I-
dered an Austin Judge
A man named Gobing was up before
an Austin police judge the other day,
charged with committing assault and
battery upon the person of another in
dividual named Gobang. A rather
stupid witness was sworn, and the fol-
lowing dialogue took place:
Judge-Did you see the quarrelf
Witness-Yes, seen it.
'Who struck the first blow?"
"Gobing. He hit the other fellow,
go bang!" shifting his right fist into the
open palm of the other hand with q
loud report.
Ibid Gobang hit him back?'
''No, he didn't hit him in the back"
''Where did he hit him?"
''He hit him in the face, go bling"
Another fist pantomine.
"Was that allP''
"All of Gobing?"
'.No. all of the fight?''
''With Gobang?"
"I'n go bang you if you don't
answer my questions properly. Now
tell a straight story of this affair"
"Well, your Honor, 1 stood talking
with HIM
with Gobing?"
'No, with Gobang; and the other
fellow came up and hit
"GobangP"
.No. Gobang was the fellow that
came up. and then it was go bling! and
go bang! (more pantomine) first one
and then the other. They then clinched
and went down, the other fellow on
top"
'.Gobing?"
"No, Gobang. Then the police
come, and your Honor, that is all 1
know about it
'.WeI, it seems to have; been a draw
game, anyhow, from your account of
it. You can go home, Gobing, and you,
too. Gobang."
"And where shall L go?" asked the
Witness
$50 hangr'-Teras Sytings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
Ia nninne modern imnrnrement

"A unique modern improvement is
stairway which will accommodate
children and aged people as kindly as
it does those of full physical ability.
1t is divided into halves, and the mid
die is broken so that it has double the
number of steps as the Sides Chicago
Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02

No. John, lady-bug is not so called
because of her quiet, modest ways,
but of the chromatic gorgeousness Of
her bonnet.-Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
.'Go hangr"-Teras SytingS.

She Cat the ball game)-"What a
fine-looking set of men the players are,
Georger' He-''Do you think SOP"
She-"Oh, my, yes, perfect Apolos!
Why, George" Suddenly struck with
another curious idea), ''that must be
where the name is from! Apollo
grounds. ''-Harper'S Bazaar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-27
Annirsi in Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 27.-The master plastereis
nat again last night. The lockout has not
yot affected them 10 any degree, and they
declare that It will not for good while yet
Contrary to the rule of the master builders
they are willing 10 hire union men, but car
not pay their price and live, because OF the
close competition in clustering contracts
They have found it necessary to combine il
an cudeavor to raise the price of sub.con
tracts, and at the meeting last night ths
organization was completed by the adop
ton OF a constitution and bylaws, twenty
members being present.